hauke
04-25-2005, 06:04 AM
Some, however, argue that Adobe wants Macromedia so that it will control two of the three most important de facto standards for building the Web: PDF and SWF, which runs Flash. (Java is the third.) According to Tim Anderson of IT Week, ? Unfortunately, the W3C [World Wide Web Consortium] is failing, and its standards have diminishing influence.?
?The biggest single reason for Adobe?s acquisition of Macromedia, announced last week, is the success of Macromedia?s Flash and its proprietary SWF format compared with the W3C?s Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).? Anderson notes, ?Adobe is a big sponsor of SVG viewers and tools, but it is clear from the acquisition announcement that the new Adobe is building its rich client platform on Flash and PDF. The immensely popular Acrobat PDF format is also a proprietary specification. The combined company will have an overwhelming presence in Web design tools; it is hard to see any way back for SVG.? more... (http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb050425-1.shtml)We should worry about the declining influence of the W3C. more... (http://www.vnunet.com/comment/1162634)is this bad news???? :(
does anyone has ongoing (background-) information on that topic?
?The biggest single reason for Adobe?s acquisition of Macromedia, announced last week, is the success of Macromedia?s Flash and its proprietary SWF format compared with the W3C?s Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).? Anderson notes, ?Adobe is a big sponsor of SVG viewers and tools, but it is clear from the acquisition announcement that the new Adobe is building its rich client platform on Flash and PDF. The immensely popular Acrobat PDF format is also a proprietary specification. The combined company will have an overwhelming presence in Web design tools; it is hard to see any way back for SVG.? more... (http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb050425-1.shtml)We should worry about the declining influence of the W3C. more... (http://www.vnunet.com/comment/1162634)is this bad news???? :(
does anyone has ongoing (background-) information on that topic?